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Ranger Fine Tip Applicators 0.5 oz. (Gray)

Ranger Accents, Mini Glossy Accents

Ranger Fine Tip Applicators 2 oz. (Pink)

Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies

PanPastel Sofft Mini Applicators, 12 pk

Elizabeth Craft Designs Mini Molding Pad

Glue Dots, Micro (1/8")

Elizabeth Craft Designs Susan's Garden Tool Kit

Crafter's Pick The Ultimate Glue, 4 oz.

Creative Expressions Cosmic Shimmer Flake & Glitter Glue, 30ml

Taylored Expressions Dies, In the Garden

Apr 10, 2016 12:07:58 PM | Die Cut, Flowers, Frame, Impression Obsession, Memory Box, Scene

February 21, 2016

In The Garden

Good Sunday morning. My project today was made using the Taylored Expression In The Garden silhouette die and was paired with the Memory Box Butterfly Delights, Puffy Clouds and Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables to create a fun and colorful scene. Texture was added to the grass and tree top using a stamp from the Art Impressions Watercolor Foliage.

I cut the whole scene out using watercolor paper. I lightly misted with water using a mini mister so the paper would accept the color more easily. The large sections of the scene were painted using a water brush and distress reinkers. I add a drop of reinker into the lid of the ink pads and mix the ink with water from my water brush and paint on to the paper. I used Peeled Paint for the tree and ground area and Gathered Twigs for the trunk of the tree. The fence was painted using Pumice Stone reinker. I cut a second tree top, painted and then stamped with a foliage stamp to add texture. I popped the tree top up on the base using mounting tape. I cut a second girl image, colored her with markers and attached her to the base using rolled glue dots. The flowers and bicycle were colored using Distress markers. The ground area was stamped with the foliage image to match the tree top.

I applied strips of mounting tape to the back of the tree top and girl portion of the scene and then applied ATG adhesive to the back of the lower grass section and attached the scene to the card base. I wanted the tree and girl to stand away from the card base but wanted the grassy area flat so I could attached the scalloped red base over top with mounting tape. I cut the scalloped red layer using one side of the largest rectangle die and attached it over the grass area with mounting tape. The clouds were attached to the card base with mounting tape. The tiny red butterflies were attached with glossy accents for the finishing touch to the scene.

I like how the red is repeated on the girls dress, flowers, bicycle, butterflies and scalloped layers. I originally was going to use all different colors for the flowers, bike and dress to make the scene look more springy but thought red coordinated far better and made all of those images pop better against the blue background.

Thanks for coming by today and I hope you have a great Sunday. I will be fitting playing with some of my new Art Impressions stamp sets in between loads of wash today. I wish I could wiggle my nose like Samantha and have all that laundry done. Are any of you old enough to remember who Samantha is? LOL!

Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”

Memory Box Dies, Puffy Clouds

Memory Box Dies, Butterfly Delights

Art Impressions Cling Stamps, Watercolor Foliage

Lawn Cuts Dies, Scalloped Rectangle Stackables

Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies

Sizzix Precision Base Plate for Thinlits Dies

Memory Box Dies, Metal Adaptor Plate

Teflon Bone Folder

EK Tools, Precision 5 Inch Scissors with Sheath

My Sweet Petunia MISTI Stamping Tool

Hero Arts Embossing Gun

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Peeled Paint

Ranger Distress Marker, Peeled Paint

Ranger Distress Reinker, Peeled Paint

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Gathered Twigs

Ranger Distress Marker, Gathered Twigs

Ranger Distress Reinker, Gathered Twigs

Ranger Distress Reinker, Festive Berries

Ranger Distress Marker, Festive Berries

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Pumice Stone

Ranger Distress Reinker, Pumice Stone

Ranger Distress Marker, Tattered Rose

Ranger Distress Marker, Black Soot

Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush, Large Fine Point (23637)

Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush, Medium Fine Point (22653)

Canson Arches French Bound Cold Press Watercolor Paper Pad 9x12

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Peppermint, 10 pk

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Icy Mint, 25 pk

Ranger Mini Mister Set

Feb 21, 2016 8:04:53 AM | Art Impressions, Butterflies, Die Cut, Lawn Fawn, Memory Box, Scene, Summer, Tattered Lace, Trees

February 15, 2016

Clean and Simple Wonderful Butterflies

Good Monday morning. I have another clean and simple project to share with you today using the Essentials by Ellen Up The Happy stamp set and die sets and featuring the Brushstroke Wonderful sentiment. The frames were made using the Impression Obsession Rectangle 6-in-1 Frames and the tiny butterflies were made using the Impression Obsession Butterfly Delights.

I started by stamping the large butterflies with versa and heat embossing with gold embossing powder. I lined up the butterfly die over the stamped images and cut them out using my Big Shot. I cut the wonderful sentiment, smooshed it down on the versa pad and embossed it with gold embossing powder. I used my versa marker to apply versa round the edges of the tiny butterflies and embossed with gold embossing powder.

The frames were cut and attached to the card base using thin strips of mounting tape. I attached tiny double layers of mounting tape to a few key places on the back of the sentiment and rolled glue dots on the back of the w and l and attached it to the card base and frame. The large butterflies were attached to the card base with double layers of mounting tape. The tiny butterflies were attached with drops of glossy accents. I love how the gold embossed butterflies and sentiment look so elegant against the all white background.

Thanks for coming by today and I hope you have a great week.

Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Up the Happy

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Up The Happy by Julie Ebersole

Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies

Sizzix Precision Base Plate for Thinlits Dies

Memory Box Dies, Metal Adaptor Plate

Teflon Bone Folder

EK Tools, Precision 5 Inch Scissors with Sheath

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Robin's Egg, 25 pk

Impression Obsession Dies, Rectangle 6-in-1 Frames

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Brushstroke Wonderful by Julie Ebersole

Memory Box Dies, Butterfly Delights

Ranger Embossing Powder, Gold

VersaMark Ink Pad

VersaMark Watermark Pen

My Sweet Petunia MISTI Stamping Tool

Hero Arts Embossing Gun

Feb 15, 2016 5:26:37 AM | Butterflies, Die Cut, Essentials by Ellen, Frame, Memory Box

February 01, 2016

Peter Cottontail in the Easter Garden

Good Monday morning. I made the frame q while back for another project but ended up not using it. I thought it was the perfect size to frame a garden scene featuring the new Memory Box Peter Cottontail die. I created the garden around Peter using the My Favorite Things Leafy Greenery set, the tiny flowers from the Impression Obsession Hydrangea Set and Small Grass Border and the Memory Box Butterfly Delights set. The frame was made using the Nesting Card Templates and All-in-One Frames Rectangles 2.

I started by coloring the bunny using Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Gathered Twigs distress inks and mini applicators. Check out my coloring die cut animals tutorial if you would like to see a few step by step photos of how I colored Peter. TI attached the white scalloped frame over top of the opening of the green gram with double stick tape. I attached the grass border to the back of the frame using double stick tape, attached thin strips of mounting tape all the way around the back of the frame and then attached it to the card base.

I applied a double layer of mounting tape to the back of Peter and placed him in behind the grass and attached to the card base. I cut all of the greenery pieces in the set and tucked them in behind the grass border with glossy accents and filled in all around the bunny. Have you checked out the new MFT Leafy Greenery? If you like making floral projects on your cards you will definitely want to get this set. All the different pieces reminds me of the foliage my mother used in her flower shop. It’s a great set to have and the foliage is the perfect size for flower arrangements on card fronts.

I formed the little colorful hydrangea flowers, assembled them with glossy accents and attached them all around the scene using glossy accents. I cut the butterflies in the same colors as the flowers and attached them around the scene with glossy accents.

Here’s a closer view to show the dimension and the tiny flowers.The tiny single hydrangea flowers are just as cute standing alone as they are assembled in mass hydrangea flower.

Thanks for coming by today and I hope you have a great week.

Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”

My Favorite Things Die-Namics, Leafy Greenery

Memory Box Dies, Peter Cottontail

Impression Obsession Dies, Hydrangea

Impression Obsession Dies, Sm Grass Border

Memory Box Dies, Butterfly Delights

We R Memory Keepers Shape Dies, Nesting Card Templates (DC0431)

Impression Obsession Dies, All-In-One Frames - Rectangles 2

Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies

Sizzix Precision Base Plate for Thinlits Dies

Memory Box Dies, Metal Adaptor Plate

Teflon Bone Folder